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    SouledOut is the Middle School Ministry of Woodmen Valley Chapel. We are a "Home Driven Minisistry" in that we want to enable parents to become the primary spiritual influence in their children's lives, rather than the Church. We compare our strategy to a ski map. There are four peaks--Peak 1 are the green runs (beginner), Peak 2 are the blue runs (intermediate), Peak 3 are the black diamond runs (advanced), and Peak 4 are the double diamond runs (expert). Our weekend service is the bunny hill on the green runs. Most people start there, but no one stays there. At the bottom of Peak 1 you have a choice, you can continue to ride the green runs, or you can get on to the next lift which takes you to more challenging and rewarding sections of the mountain.

2008 Swaziland Africa

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    In 2008, Rob Flanigen and I got the opportunity to travel to Swaziland Africa on a scouting trip for Woodmen Valley Chapel and the Third Project. We were there to see first hand how WVC could respond to the AIDS Pandemic in Africa. We traveled with Children's Hope Chest to Swaziland, a small country in Southern Africa, with the highest HIV infection rate in the world (46% of the population is HIV positive). Swaziland is a small country of around 1 million people. However, the country has 130,000 orphans, most due to AIDS. Here are a few of their pictures.
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April 16, 2008

Bride

Check out this article from BBC.  It is tragic evidence of the results of poverty and self-centered leadership.  It shares how in Afghanistan, fathers are marrying (selling) their young daughters off due to poverty.  Girls as young as 9 or 10 years-old are being sold due to the families lack of money.  Any dreams a young girl may have for education, or future, evaporate under the father's excuse of the marriage being her destiny.   

Once again those who are supposed to be protectors (fathers) have become predators.  This is heartbreaking, but a very real reality on the other side of the world.  Pray for these girls and pray that the light and hope of Jesus Christ would enter this dark corner of the globe. 

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